Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

Una vita vera by Brandon Taylor

56 reviews

calamitywindpetal's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, and Homophobia

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

Minor: Fatphobia

lexkoi's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia and Rape

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Racism, Mental illness, Homophobia, and Alcohol

mourtarymaggots's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Blood, Body shaming, Adult/minor relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual assault

stierwood's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Everything about this book made sense. It had me thinking about whiteness in communication and friendships, and Wallace was a character exploration i had never read anything like. At first i was like ok, enough with the birds, but by the end i feel like i got it. Just really freaking astute, gutting, challenging, everything.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Racism, Mental illness, Homophobia, Death, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Rape, Pedophilia, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, and Physical abuse

kers_tin's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Violence, Grief, Sexual content, Homophobia, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Classism, Death of parent, Infidelity, and Body shaming

Minor: Misogyny and Suicidal thoughts

yaelm's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

יש לי בעיה קשה עם הספר הזה, כי הוא כתוב -נהדר- ממש, וחלקים גדולים ממנו מופלאים ברמת חמישה כוכבים, אבל החלקים שלא כ״כ מעצבנים שאני לא יכולה, פשוט לא יכולה, לדרג ביותר משלושה.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Rape, Homophobia, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Racism, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Racial slurs, Mental illness, Eating disorder, Death of parent, Classism, and Alcohol

frankieclc's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Racism, Rape, Death of parent, Vomit, and Homophobia

Moderate: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Eating disorder, and Child abuse

bookopinions's review against another edition

reflective sad

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

 3,5/5 oder 7/10

Frustrierend, deprimierend, nachdenklich.

Real Life ist schwierig zu beschreiben und so ist es auch sein Inhalt. Schwierig, nicht einfach einzuordnen. Eine sich abwärts windende Doppelhelix, die nicht auseinandergeflochten werden kann. Niemand hat Schuld und alle haben Schuld an einem kaputten und unsensiblen System, in dem jeder nur seinen eigenen Schmerz wahrnimmt. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Racism, and Death of parent

Moderate: Pedophilia and Sexual content

levc's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Racism, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Rape, Sexual violence, and Racial slurs

amandalorianxo's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

So I think my feelings about this book are complex. While I appreciate the story of a black gay man who is navigating getting his master’s in STEM and trying to not fall prey to the angry black man stereotype, I think the white people in this book got away with too much. The microagressions, blatant racist comments and even the sexual assault made me feel pained for Wallace. He didn’t deserve that not ask for it. Why put him through this when his childhood was already troubling? Miller disgusted me. Sometimes the prose got to be a little too much and sometimes I didn’t want to sift through a sentence when something simple could be substituted. I do have hope about Brandon’s other novels and would definitely read more from him. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Homophobia